Fact: Nowhere in the 1989 edition of Consumer Guide: 4X4s, Pickups & Vans is the term “sport-utility vehicle” used. Let’s call this period in time the calm before the storm. What we’ve come to identify as SUVs were described at the time, likely for the last time, as “compact 4WD vehicles,” and “full-size 4WD vehicles” … Continue reading Full-Size 4WD: The Big Rigs of 1989